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5th June 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 5,123 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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we are fortunate.
my dad asked me to tune-up,set the timing,etc. on his 883 evo,sportster.so i,thought this is the xlforum,let'see what kind of technical sticky's they have for that subject.couldn't find any,yesterday. ironhead sticky's have a,big advantage here.it seem's you could rebuild all of your major component's,and many of your minor one's. much thank's to all the member's,who have contributed,and also,our designated moderator iron mick,for making all of this possible
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72 1000cc barrels and heads, s&s 41/2'' flywheels, sifton cams, s&s super B w/ zippers thunderjet w/yost powertube, andrews gears,and shafts, competition engineering kevlar wet or dry clutch, 72 oil pump, morris magneto w/auto advance and single fire module, cycle electric generator w/electronic regulator,73 cu.in.
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5th June 2012
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SW. Pencilmania
Posts: 2,535 Sportster/Buell Model: chopper looking thing Sportster/Buell Year: 1978 Other Motorcycle Model: Triumph POS Other Motorcycle Year: 1972
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+1 Gotta agree. I found this forum thinking I new a fair amount about Ironheads. After 10 minutes of poking around I realized THAT was a big mistake.
Thanks to all, expert to newB. It's the wanting to help that makes this thing go around.
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5th June 2012
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Flat Track Racer
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 222 Sportster/Buell Model: xlh ironhead Sportster/Buell Year: 1977
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I found this forum knowing nothing about ironheads. Total noob. Now I can bore all my buddies with early "girly" bike facts. Luv xlf! And Mick is owed a drink in every state, for sure.
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5th June 2012
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Senior Chief Know It All
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Boston
Posts: 852 Sportster/Buell Model: Sportster XLH Sportster/Buell Year: 1974 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Sportster XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1977 Other Motorcycle Model: Trac Dynamics / Razor,
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 thats because you have to be a mechanic to own Ironhead or shovel.... they lurk all the time, I think they would scratch there heads wondering why we do what we do. Besides the love or passion for the bike or riding, the deep down dark side is we love to tinker, build, and admire. just as much as ride it. sometimes more admiring. I have a evo sporty too. that I beat unmercifully.... |
5th June 2012
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Chief Know It All
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 431 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH1000 Sportster/Buell Year: 1975
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There is a difference in me wrenching on my bikes, before internet, and after internet. I probably would have given up on them long ago, not because I didn't love them, but because I couldn't (and still cannot) afford to screw up everything I touch...
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5th June 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 5,123 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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that's not being very respectful to the evo,tracbike. [i,may be detecting anxieties,again.] LOL!
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5th June 2012
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Senior Chief Know It All 3rd Class
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Mojave Desert
Posts: 1,720 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200S Sportster/Buell Year: 2002 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH883 Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2003 Other Motorcycle Model: Triumph Bonneville Other Motorcycle Year: 2012
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Originally Posted by beardo
There is a difference in me wrenching on my bikes, before internet, and after internet...
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Yep, especially since I did not always heed my father's advice of "leave well-enough alone, son"! ...I'll tighten this just bit more (bicep not yet calibrated by experience), just a wee bit more....oops, I didn't know that brass fitting for the oil line was that soft....
Post internet let's us learn how somebody else broke something and learned, sometimes school of hard knocks, how to fix it. |
6th June 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 5,123 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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i'd like to thank everyone who took the time to share their thought's,and reply's to this thread.
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6th June 2012
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Chief Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 491 Sportster/Buell Model: sportster Sportster/Buell Year: 1979 Other Motorcycle Model: Rupp
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Misery loves company.......Seriously, the few that are still addicted to these John Deere Deluxe models, need to hang out,as there is so many things that can fail no one person can possibly know everything!
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6th June 2012
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Bike Builder
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,891 Sportster/Buell Model: xlh convert to xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1978 Sportster/Buell Model #2: xlch Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1972
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i love this place. it saved my ironhead. without this forum, id still be out in the garage guessing. its kinda like AA for my ironhead. ironhead in recovery from all the previous owners. without this place, i might have given up on my bike cause it was "just a POS" turns out, the work that had been done to it, and the work that i had done to it was the shotty part.
thanks to this place, its going back in the other direction now. PRICELESS!!!
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